Monday of this week I was working at Perry's Restaurant in the Woodlands andcame upon a female Common Yellowthroat setting at the base of a window. Thebird was setting up, so I captured it and it perched right up on my finger.I took it to a nearby oak tree and coaxed it up on to a limb. I checked itbefore I left and it was tucked up in full rousting position, so I think itwill survive.Today I found an decimated Nashville Warbler at the base of a window in theClear Lake area. I was surprised it had laid there that long without anyonedisposing of it.I have a window cleaning business and it is not uncommon to find birds thathave hit windows (most are doves), but warblers are not common at all..so tosee two in one week is exceptional..and of course it's always nice to findsurvivors.

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obviously this is rather close to my heart, so get that link ready for clicking on March 1!xposted - pass it on!

so i'm perusing my new favorite blog in the UNIVERSE (it's a Houston rehab group, started by the woman who patiently took in a dozen mourning doves, a cormorant, and a kestrel from me...) and here's a nice little post about the sadness of winter - http://wrande.org/2010/01/winters-injuries/

[things and stuff and emaciation and young birds and so sad and so weak and...] Three Red-shouldered Hawks have improved enough that they have been moved to a large flight cage for flight conditioning. One of these is the hawks has already appeared in this blog, it was the one that shattered an apartment window and had his neck and esophagus stitched.